It was noon before I knew it, and the sun shone on the lake, reflecting little bits of light, like pearls falling into a jade plate.
The southwesterly wind blows on the lake, and the awning boat glides along with the wind. A waterbird stops on the top of the awning, staring closely at the fish in the lake.
In the cabin, Wang and the four others stared closely at Liu Bowen, waiting for his answer.
Liu Bowen sighed helplessly and said: "That man is a Buddhist monk!"
Wang and the other three all looked surprised: "Monk?"
Liu Bowen said seriously: "Yes, Deputy Commander Geng, you seem to know the situation in Hangzhou quite well. Do you know where Yang Tongguan's army is camped?"
Geng San hurriedly said: "I know, I heard that all the camps in Hangzhou were full, so Da Shi asked him to lead the army and stationed at Lingyin Mountain in the city!"
Song Lian's heart moved and he said: "Isn't Lingyin Temple located in Lingyin Mountain? Brother Liu, the eminent monk you are talking about is not a monk from Lingyin Temple, right?"
Liu Bowen smiled and said: "It is Master Cizhao, the abbot of Lingyin Temple!"
Wang Dal was stunned and said: "What does the attack on Hangzhou have to do with the monks in the temple?"
Liu Bowen glanced at him and said: "Yang Tongguan is a Miao man and has no admiration for Buddhism. He directly installed his tent in Lingyin Temple. The monks in the temple dared not speak out!"
Geng Sanyi clapped his hands and said: "I understand, let's convince the monks of Lingyin Temple and let them assassinate Yang Tongguan!"
Song Lian glanced at Liu Bowen and smiled: "How could our Dr. Liu Ji do such a thing as an assassination? He probably wanted to use the monks of Lingyin Temple to cause internal strife between Da Shi and Yang Tongguan!"
Wang Da quickly asked: "Mr. Liu, is that so?"
Liu Bowen remained silent and stared at Song Lian silently, as if to say: "You are so capable, tell me!"
Song Lian put his palms up in front of his chest and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't interrupt. Is that okay?"
Liu Bowen then said: "First, as long as the masters of Lingyin Temple are willing to cooperate with us, they can forge a letter that Yang Tongguan colludes with us, and then try to get the letter into the hands of Da Shi, and the two of them will inevitably fight among themselves!" p>
"Secondly, Lingyin Temple is the largest temple in the south of the Yangtze River. There are more than two thousand monks in the temple, half of whom are warrior monks. As long as they are willing to join us, they will be our amazing army!"
The three monkeys were surprised and admired when they heard this. Song Lian asked: "Is there a third one?"
Liu Bowen said: "No more."
Song Lian smiled slightly and said: "You want to forge letters about Yang Tongguan's collusion with us, so you must have used Yang Weizhen, right?"
Liu Bowen defaults.
Yang Weizhen was indeed used in this matter, making Da Shi think that Yang Weizhen had actually persuaded Yang Tongguan, and Yang Tongguan locked him up to protect him, fearing that the plan would be leaked.
Song Lian smiled and said: "In other words, I actually guessed most of them right!"
Liu Bowen was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to the king: "Okay, you already know the plan, hurry up and get to the shore!"
Geng San suddenly said: "Mr. Liu, you are in Jiangdu, how do you know the situation of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou?"
Liu Bowen smiled enigmatically and did not answer.
Song Lian immediately exposed his background.
"I know that he has a good relationship with Abbot Faming of Daming Temple. Master Cizhao must have written to Abbot Faming and Abbot Faming told him in turn!"
Liu Bowen glared at Song Lian and said, "Brother Song, I suddenly feel that it would be better for you to continue writing books."
Song Lian smiled and said: "That won't work. I'm already very interested in your plan. I have to see the result! You've already written a letter to Master Cizhao, right?"
Liu Bowen nodded and said: "Well, he has promised to send his disciples to Jiangdu. Judging from the time, he should have entered Pingjiang Road by now!"
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Pingjiang Road was called Wu Jun in ancient times and was the capital of the Wu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Ce used Wu Jun as the foundation to create the foundation of Soochow.
During the Tang Dynasty, Wu County was renamed Suzhou, and it was not until the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties that it was renamed Pingjiang Road.
Although Pingjiang Road is not as commercially prosperous as Yangzhou and not as politically important as Jiqing, it is the best in Jiangnan in terms of fertile land, and its grain output has ranked first in Jiangnan for many years.
The administrative seat of Pingjiang Road is Wuxian County. With Wuxian County as the center, the counties in the northwest near Changshu have all been destroyed to a greater or lesser extent due to war.
Counties in the southeast were not greatly affected by the war.
And because it was placed under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu, trade with Jiangdu increased, and it has a tendency to become more prosperous.
The southernmost prefecture and county on Pingjiang Road is named Wujiang Prefecture.
After Zhang Yangquan ordered the army on Jiaxing Road to withdraw to Pingjiang Road, Wujiang Prefecture had 50,000 troops stationed there.
General Shanzhu is camped near Dianshan Lake in the southeast of Wujiang City.
Bian Yuanheng passed the exam and did not go to the military academy, so he has been stationed in Wujiang Prefecture.
On this day, he was training his soldiers on a plain near the military camp, and a centurion guarding the camp gate came over.
"General Bian, there is a woman who claims to be your sister and is waiting for you outside the military camp!"
Bian Yuanheng was taken aback, handed over the training to a lieutenant, and then rushed to the gate of the military camp.
A young girl is standing outside the camp, holding a snow-white horse. She is Bian Yuanheng's sister Bian Wenjun.
"Little sister, why are you here?" Bian Yuanheng got off his horse and walked over quickly.
Bian Wenjun smiled and said: "My father asked me to come to you."
When Bian Yuanheng saw that the soldiers at the door were all looking this way, he took Bian Wenjun's hand and led her to his tent before speaking.
"What's the matter with father asking you to come?"
Bian Wenjun clasped his hands behind his back, looked around the camp, and said with a smile: "Brother, your camp is really impressive. This is my first time entering a military camp!"
After a pause, he replied: "Father asked you to pick up your eldest cousin."
Bian Yuanheng was stunned for a moment and said: "Is the eldest cousin coming to Jiangdu?"
Bian Wenjun nodded his head.
"You also know that my eldest cousin is in Hangzhou, and my father was afraid that he would suffer a military disaster, so he wrote a letter inviting him to come to Jiangdu. I estimate that he will pass by Wujiang Prefecture tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"
Bian Yuanheng was overjoyed and said: "That's great. My eldest cousin has great literary talent and a great talent. I just recommend him to the king!"
Bian Wenjun smiled and said, "That's exactly what my father meant when he asked you to take him back to Jiangdu."
Bian Yuanheng pondered for a while and said: "Then I will go to Marshal Shan to ask for leave first. You wait for me here for a while." After saying that, he left the military camp.
Since there has been no war recently, Bian Yuanheng only said that there was something urgent at home, so Shanzhu granted him a ten-day holiday.
That night, the two brothers and sister rested in an inn in Wujiang Prefecture. Early the next morning, the two came to Wujiang Prefecture Pier.
There was an open-air tea shed near the pier, and the brother and sister sat under the tea shed, drinking tea and chatting.
After asking about the situation at home, Bian Yuanheng suddenly said: "I heard that Chang Yuchun captured Jiqing. Nothing happened to my second uncle and his family, right?"
Bian Wenjun said hurriedly: "No, my father said that my second uncle also made a small contribution, and the newly appointed Tongzhi of Jiqing Road ordered someone to send a plaque to the second uncle's house as a reward!"
Bian Yuanheng nodded and said: "That's good."
Bian Wenjun took a sip of tea and suddenly said: "Brother, General Chang Yuchun captured Jiqing, you must capture Hangzhou!"
Bian Yuanheng said blankly: "Is there any connection between this?"
Bian Wenjun pouted and said: "Of course, everyone likes to compare you with General Chang, you can't lose to him!"
Bian Yuanheng shook his head and said with a smile: "We are all serving the country, why should we separate the winners and losers? Look at the prosperity of this dock. As long as the world can be so peaceful, I have nothing else to ask for!"
Bian Wenjun nodded as if he understood.
At this moment, a gorgeous building boat sailed over from the river.
Bian Wenjun stood up immediately, with a happy expression on his face.
"Brother, look, that's the Zheng family's 'Pegasus' boat. My cousin must be riding on this boat!"
Bian Yuanheng said: "How do you know?"
Bian Wenjun pulled his sleeves and tried to pull him up.
"My eldest cousin said in his letter that he will come with Cao Miaoqing. That girl Cao Miaoqing has a rule. She only travels on the Zheng family's boat!"
Bian Yuanheng had naturally heard of Cao Miaoqing's name, and said lightly: "I have heard about Cao Miaoqing's orchid quality for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so vulgar!"
Bian Wenjun found that he couldn't pull him, so he had to sit back and pouted: "You have misunderstood me! It's not that she likes the luxury of the Zheng family's house and boat, but because the wife of the Zheng family is the person she admires most in her life!" Bian Yuanheng was stunned for a moment and said: "Are you talking about Zheng Yunduan who wrote, 'Don't plant flowers by the roadside for officials, don't marry girls to princes and kings'?"
Bian Wenjun said: "Yes, who else could it be?"
Bian Yuanheng then stood up and said: "Let's go over, the ship has anchored!"
When the two came to the pier, they saw two wooden planks put down on the big building ship, and then passengers got off the ship.
While the two were waiting, a young man waved to them from the railing on the second floor of the building.
"Uncle Bian, little aunt!"
Bian Wenjun was overjoyed and said, "It's Master Yan!"
It turns out that their eldest cousin is named Shi Naian. Although he is their cousin in terms of seniority, he is about the same age as Bian Ying.
That young man was Yan Ming, Shi Naian's eldest disciple, who was one year older than Bian Yuanheng.
After all the guests disembarked, the Bian brothers and sisters boarded the ship. When they were about to pay the fare, Yan Ming rushed to pay.
He looked at the two of them carefully and said with a smile: "Little Martial Aunt is getting more and more handsome, and Martial Uncle Bian is becoming more and more heroic!"
Bian Yuanheng laughed and scolded: "Don't just flatter me, where is your master?"
Yan Ming smiled and said: "I am watching rare animals in the cabin on the second floor!"
Bian Wenjun wondered: "What kind of rare beast?"
Yan Ming smiled mysteriously: "You will know after you go in!"